"But, what was important to me was for the slabbing companies to be allowed back." and "If they were in violation of their contract, they would then be subject to the same treatment as any other dealer who left early and/or be held to the terms of the dealer contract." could be viewed as saying you wanted them to try to come back, knowing that they'd be turned down because of failure to meet contract obligations from the previous year.

Now I'm really confused!

Bob